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I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Vikram Seth

I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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Action Myself Thinking Worth
Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Greatness Mesmerize Need
You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Existence Goodness Ideas Talk Yourself
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don’t like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can’t write.
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Listening Music Myself Poet Writing
And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink.
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Equation Ink Writing
I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Book Interest Myself Reading
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?
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Beyond Couple End Eyes Light Wake Up
Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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Fate Late Time Yourself
For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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Discipline Obsession Substitute Writing
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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Myself Reason Religious Subject Tolerance
God save us from people who mean well.
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God One Liner People Save
Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Happiness Person Place Power Thinking Yourself
Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
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Book Help Himself Object Place Proper Seek True
Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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Love Philosophy Rough

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